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These elephants are dying on rail tracks - can AI save them?

Officials in the southern state of Tamil Nadu are using AI to monitor animal movement on tracks.

The forest department has now installed 12 towers along two of Madukkarai's rail tracks, each equipped with an AI camera capable of thermal and visible light imaging, along with live viewing. Project manager Ashish Rajput said that the AI system's cameras, comparable to those used by the Indian Army along the nation's borders, are programmed to even detect humans near railway lines. In December, India's federal railway ministry said it was implementing an AI-based surveillance system - called Gajraj, external- in elephant corridors across several states in the country.

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